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The man seen in the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima photo may have been wrongly identified for nearly a century. It was previously believed to be Navy Corpsman John Bradley, but someone has come forward to dispute some details he noticed. James Bradley, the son of the man who was thought to be in

Lesley Zerebny, 27-years-old, was a rookie police officer and a new mom when she was fatally shot in the line of duty on a domestic dispute call in Palm Springs, California. Also killed was her mentor, 63-year-old Jose Vega, who had been an officer for 35 years. He had planned to retire in December. Lesley

An Australian couple say their new daughter, Violet May, has brought them “love and light, hope and joy,” after losing three children along with their grandfather in the MH17 crash. Marite Norris and Anthony Maslin welcomed their new baby on May 10, after their three other children, Mo (13), Evie, (11) and Otis (9), together

A 19-year-old Jack in the Box worker claims he was fired for giving a military veteran and regular customer two free tacos as a way to thank him for his service. The tacos in question were evidently leftovers, and apparently were to have been thrown out anyway. Alex Mesta, the graveyard-shift employee at the Bakersfield,

Keep your pets safe this winter. Remember, cold weather brings risks for your animals, AccuWeather reports. Winter can be just as difficult for animals as it is for you. Animal experts stress that animals can get hypothermia and precautions should be taken to avoid this from happening. KC Theisen, Director of Pet Care Issues for

Homeless veterans will soon be housed in motels. The city of Los Angeles has devised an ingenious plan of procuring run-down, underutilized properties and convert them to create affordable housing. Los Angeles will tackle the issue of homeless veterans by acquiring “nuisance” properties like motels and creating 500 permanent structures. The apartments will be renovated

Actor Isaiah Washington, known for his role as Dr. Preston Burke on Grey’s Anatomy and black separatist and activist Madelon Blue McCullough have started the #missing24 and #stayhomeSeptember262016 hashtags on Twitter and Facebook and “united” efforts aimed at “boycotting the very system that was built on the backs of black people here in America,” according

A Syrian refugee found a huge pile of money – €150,000 (that is, about $166,000 USD) – hidden in an old wardrobe that had been donated to him, and refused to keep the money for himself because of his religion, The Independent is reporting. Muhannad M., who declined to be identified beyond the first letter

The U.S. Postal Service has commenced an investigation after a resident filmed one of its workers on Tuesday allegedly tossing mail into a ditch in a wooded area behind a Georgia subdivision. The incident which perhaps gives a new meaning to lost in the mail occurred in the suburban-Atlanta city of Decatur in DeKalb County.

Aurora, Colorado will use one and one-half million dollars generated from a tax on recreational marijuana to help the city’s homeless population, and have now designated which groups shall receive the funds raised from the city’s recreational marijuana sales. The Aurora city council members announced how the funds will be allocated. Council members have allocated